Gate.



Patented July 25, 1916.

C. WINTER.

GATE.

APPLICATION mib AUG,18,1915.

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CHRISTIAN WINTER, 0F OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latentedk July 25, 1916.

Application filed August 18, 1915. Serial No. 46,078.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN WINTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oskaloosa, cbunty of Mahaska, State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to gates, my more particular purpose being to provide a device of this character made entirely of standard metallic parts and so arranged that it may readily be assembled or taken apart.

My invention further comprehends a gate having a comparativelylight weight and which is easily operated and not liable to get out of order; also in which any part when broken or worn out may be readily replaced bya new part.

My invention further comprehends various details of construction for improving the efficiency of gates generally.

Reference is made t0 the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gate; Fig. 2 is a detailed view showing in section the upper portion of the gate post and parts immediately associated therewith; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. l is a fragmentary vertical section through one corner of the gate shown in Fig. 1

A gate post 10 extends into the earth 11 and is used for supporting the weight of the various movable parts. The gate post has the form of a pipe section and at its upper end is provided with a slot 12. A ring 13 is threaded internally and fitted upon ing disconnected from the upper end of the gate post. A casting 17 having the form of a curved tube and known in this art as a quarter bend, is fitted with a plug 18, the latter extending into the adjacent upper end of the post 11. A pipe section 19 is fitted into the adjacent end of the quarter bend 17 and also into a T 20. Extending downwardly from the T 20 is a pipe section 21, which is fitted onto a T 22. A bearing 23 having generally a `Y-'form as indicated in Fig. 3 is secured rigidly to the T 22,v and partially encircles the gate post 10. A pipe section 2li is fitted into the T 22. Bolts 25 extend through the Ts 2O and 22, and also through brace rods 2G, 27 these brace rods being crossed as indicated inl Fig. 1. The pipe section 24 is provided with a threaded portion 28, which extends into a revoluble sleeve 3l. Another pipe section 29y is provided with a threaded portion 30, which likewise extends into the sleeve 31. The threaded portions 28 and 30 are made respectively right-handed and left-handed, the sleeve 31 being threaded internally to match. The parts thus constitute practically a turn buckle. Vhen the sleeve 31 is given a turn the pipe sections 24C and 29 are drawn toward each other, or forced apart according to the direction of rotation of the sleeves 31. The pipe section 29 at its outer end carries a T 32 and fitted into this T, and extending upwardly from it is a pipe section 33. This pipe section is secured to a T 34, and extending loosely through this T is a pipe section 35 which is provided with a threaded portion 37. Revolubly litted upon this threaded portion are nuts 38, 39, so arranged that they may be tightened against the adjacent ends of the T 34. Bolts 36, 37 extend through the Ts 34, 32, and secure the adjacent ends of the brace rods 26, 27. By turning the nuts 38, 39, so as to shift the position of the T 3A relatively to the pipe section 35, the pipe sections 33 and 35 may be adjusted slightly in relation to each other. Any little distortion of the gate, due to its tendency to sag may thus be corrected. Again by adjusting the T 34 relatively to the pipe section 35, and at the same time turning the sleeve 31, the gate may be trued up occasionally so as to prevent its outer or free end from approaching too near the ground. As the movable parts of the gate are swung as a unit upon the gate post .1() the bearing 23 merely slides partially around the gate post, the plug 18 (see Fig. 2) serving as the upper pivot of the gate.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, as variations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

l. In a gate, the combination of a tubular post having a ring at its upper end, 'and a gate having at its upper rear end a downwardly extending member having a flange resting upon the upper end of the post and its ring and provided with a plug projecting from its flanged end and extending into the post, said gate being provided at its rear lower end with a member loosely engaging and partially yencircling the post. l

2. In a gate, the combination of a tubular post, and a gate formed of pipe sections united by Ts and provided with Va downwardly curved member projecting from the T at the upper rear end of the gate, Said member having a reduced end projecting into the post and a iiange resting upon the the short pipe Section and having a plug' projecting therefrom and adapted to enter a post and a flange to rest on the top of the post, and a Y-shaped member secured to and projecting rearwardly from the lower rear T and adapted to loosely engage a post.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN WINTER. Witnesses FRANK F. OGDEN, MERINE PORTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

